He never thought he would hear a cat be described as ‘slow’ and ‘grumpy all the time’ but apparently that’s what the cat was like. He nodded along. “Alright, so has he gone away from you before? And what’s his name, by the way?”

“His name is Haegol.” She nodded slowly, looking off with the smallest hope that she’d see the ball of fluff walking around. Sojin had already dealt with one cat wandering off, which resulted in death by a car about two years ago. But with loving this one more than the last, she would be completely devastated if the same occurred. “While I was In my old, old place, he would leave the house through the windows when I opened them. Since it was one story, and he’d take walks around the neighborhood before coming back. But the building I’m in now has maybe 6–7 floors. He could have wandered anywhere!”